An unusual bird known to find temporary comfort in the gardens and trees of Houston-area neighborhoods is announcing itself with a distinctive call. The black-bellied whistling duck is typically about ...

One of the unique aspects of our modern era is the ability to preserve sights and sounds. While an animal’s extinction means its physical presence is gone forever, technology allows us to experience a ...

Have you heard sounds like the rustling of leaves or cracking of branches outside your windows lately? It’s probably not a mythical Fresno Nightcrawler, but wild animals can certainly be making noise ...

This would be an outstanding clue in a future Jeopardy episode under the category of Birds: they look like hawks and act like vultures, but they are actually falcons. Answer: What is the crested ...

We all know that birds imitate sounds. If you weren’t aware of the many species that can do this, you’ll probably at least ...

Although the Northern Mockingbird seems to have the most recognized reputation as a sound mimic among the songbirds, there are other songbirds (not parrots) with more expansive repertoires and several ...

Leopards frequently make a distinctive, deep, guttural roar that is sometimes called “sawing” because it sounds like someone manually cutting wood. In a study published in the journal of Remote ...